It's a great, great album, but not even in my top 50. (Reply #11)

In the discussion thread: Name a better album than Fleetwood Mac's Rumours [View all]

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 03:58 PM

Mike 03 (16,616 posts)

11. It's a great, great album, but not even in my top 50.

But I love FM on a song by song basis. If you had said "Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits" I would have to admit it would be near the very top, because each album has a masterpiece.

Random:

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Everything by Nirvana
Everything by Elvis Costello
Everything by the Jesus and Mary Chain
Hole - Ask for It
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Some albums by Bob Dylan
Belly's first and second albums
The Breeders - Last Splash
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
the last 4 albums by pre-breakup Pink Floyd
The late albums by The Beatles
At least three or four albums by Elton John
Cyndi Lauper's first and second albums
The Pretenders first two albums

But yes RUMOURS is a stupendous album. Some Fleetwood Mac purests have come to believe Tusk is their masterpiece. (I don't have an opinion on that).

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66 replies	Author	Time	Post
Name a better album than Fleetwood Mac's Rumours [View all]	True Dough	Jan 2021	OP
There is no better Fleetwood Mac album	lisa58	Jan 2021	#1
I didn't specify by Fleetwood Mac	True Dough	Jan 2021	#4
I understood that - there are albums I like better	lisa58	Jan 2021	#12
Well	Keth	Jan 2021	#59
It's a great album, but I can come up with dozens and dozens that are better	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2021	#2
I'm curious	True Dough	Jan 2021	#3
Sure!	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2021	#15
Steely Dan-AJA.	Alpeduez21	Jan 2021	#19
Yes, that is a broad range!	True Dough	Jan 2021	#24
ah...very similar tastes in music...	dhill926	Jan 2021	#25
indeed!	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2021	#26
haha....same here....LOVED the ECM jazz...	dhill926	Jan 2021	#27
on ECM, love most of Stanko, Wheeler, Garbarek, Towner, Weber	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2021	#31
I've been lucky....grew up near Chicago during the Solti years...	dhill926	Jan 2021	#37
we should both count ourselves very fortunate	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2021	#39
will do this weekend...	dhill926	Jan 2021	#45
And of course, John Abercrombie...	NNadir	Jan 2021	#52
yup. and Steve Tibbetts	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2021	#53
...and Keith Jarrett...	NNadir	Jan 2021	#54
I would certainly agree with almost every item on that list and could add many more.	NNadir	Jan 2021	#51
Every Rush album from 2112 onwards	VMA131Marine	Jan 2021	#5
I actually like Rush most up to Signals	exboyfil	Jan 2021	#8
Same for me.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jan 2021	#35
I love Caress of Steel	miyazaki	Jan 2021	#57
Born To Run.....The Joshua Tree	sfstaxprep	Jan 2021	#6
I am a big fan of The Joshua Tree	True Dough	Jan 2021	#14
Tough to argue for a single album	exboyfil	Jan 2021	#7
Let's put it this way	exboyfil	Jan 2021	#9
Just a few off the top of my head	JT45242	Jan 2021	#10
It's a great, great album, but not even in my top 50.	Mike 03	Jan 2021	#11
I prefer Tusk because it has so many quirky songs and such a wide variety....	msongs	Jan 2021	#28
You do have to admire their experimentation after Rumours	exboyfil	Jan 2021	#38
Fleetwood Mac is great, but they're no BeeGees. :) nt	Binkie The Clown	Jan 2021	#13
And the BeeGees	True Dough	Jan 2021	#16
And the Pointer Sister	Binkie The Clown	Jan 2021	#17
Just started listening the Sinatra	exboyfil	Jan 2021	#40
In my mid 70s and I grew up with Sinatra, plus classical, plus Elvis.	Binkie The Clown	Jan 2021	#41
I really like Elvis' Las Vegas era songs	exboyfil	Jan 2021	#43
By that time I had moved on to the Beatles. hehe. nt	Binkie The Clown	Jan 2021	#44
OK, I'll bite. In no particular order	Alpeduez21	Jan 2021	#18
It's a great album but my personal favorite is	LiberalLoner	Jan 2021	#20
Dark Side of the Moon, Boston's first, Zeppelin's 4th, for starters :)	VWolf	Jan 2021	#21
in my opinion....	quickesst	Jan 2021	#22
...	Major Nikon	Jan 2021	#23
wow an album devoted to trump worship nt	msongs	Jan 2021	#29
Ha ha!	True Dough	Jan 2021	#48
King Crimson	bobalew	Jan 2021	#30
Most people don't realize this group set the stage for Kiss, The Cure, and Siouxsie and the Banshees	Binkie The Clown	Jan 2021	#42
Great album, but Back in Black by AC/DC is the bomb!	lark	Jan 2021	#32
One show that was missed because of CV19 in 2020	PufPuf23	Jan 2021	#33
Ummm...	if..fish..had..wings	Jan 2021	#34
I have it, and it's still one of my favorites.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jan 2021	#36
Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life.	GumboYaYa	Jan 2021	#46
Rumors was quite good....	Bayard	Jan 2021	#47
When it comes to U2	True Dough	Jan 2021	#49
Bruce Cockburn's Humans	gratuitous	Jan 2021	#50
David Crosby's "If Only I Could Remember My Name".	jalan48	Jan 2021	#55
Maybe a better album is one someone will play over and over thru the years....	Tikki	Jan 2021	#56
Points of personal preference.	malthaussen	Jan 2021	#58
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue	Mr.Bill	Jan 2021	#60
Yep.	Keth	Jan 2021	#65
Layla	pressbox69	Jan 2021	#61
Easy	orangecrush	Jan 2021	#62
Yep.	Keth	Jan 2021	#64
Christine	orangecrush	Jan 2021	#66
Abbey Road. n/t	Mad_Dem_X	Jan 2021	#63

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